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The body of a missing Crestwood man was found in his car yesterday in Arrowhead Lake in Palos Heights, authorities said. The body was found this afternoon as a Honda Civic bearing the license plates of the missing man's car was pulled from the lake near 13500 South Harlem Avenue, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office confirmed the man as James Sylvester IV, of the 5200 block of 136th Court in Crestwood, and said an autopsy was pending. Cook County sheriff's spokeswoman Sophia Ansari said foul play was not suspected.

For-profit education company DeVry Inc. posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on lower costs and higher enrollments at its medical and healthcare colleges in the United States and Canada. Shares of DeVry, which had risen about 40 percent in the six months to Wednesday's close, were up a further 13 percent in extended trading at $29.40 on the New York Stock Exchange. The Downers Grove-based company, which owns institutions such as DeVry University, Chamberlain College of Nursing and Carrington College, raised its forecast for cost savings in the current fiscal year by one-third to at least $80 million.

Oct 25 (Reuters) - For-profit education company DeVry Inc posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on lower costs and strong enrollments at its healthcare colleges. DeVry's shares, which have lost 45 percent of their value this year, rose 15 percent to $24.05 in after-market trading. Student sign-ups at DeVry's medical and healthcare colleges rose 31 percent on average. Sign-ups at DeVry University, which accounts for the bulk of the company's revenue, fell about 8 percent for the September session.

For-profit education provider DeVry Inc.'s estimated fourth-quarter profit fell short of analysts' target amid falling enrollment, sending its shares down 20 percent in after hours trade. DeVry -- which runs Keller Graduate School of Management, Chamberlain College of Nursing, Ross University and the Carrington Colleges Group -- said it expects new enrollment to fall 15 to 17 percent at its DeVry University. It said it plans to eliminate 570 jobs across institutions to cut costs.

Downers Grove-based for-profit education provider DeVry Inc. said Monday that it plans to bring 600 jobs over nine years to new offices in the West Loop. DeVry Online Services new South River Plaza offices will house senior executives, admissions and other administrative staff that will primarily provide online services to its flagship institution, DeVry University, the company said in a statement. More than 200 employees, the majority of...

It's often cheaper, and certainly more convenient, but you might wonder whether you get what you pay for with an online MBA. A few top-flight business schools have entered the online world, bringing cachet to the field. But skeptics abound. Access to the best professors and the bonds formed with B-school peers are key elements missing online, they argue. The networking that goes on at elite schools is a bankable piece of the experience, said Toby Woll, one of two principal investigators for a study published last fall on blended learning programs for UNICON, a consortium of business school executive education leaders.

April 24 (Reuters) - For-profit education provider DeVry Inc posted a fall in third-quarter profit as student enrollment continued to decline. DeVry University's total undergraduate enrollments slid 15.1 percent in the fall, while new undergraduate sign-ups fell 19.7 percent. DeVry's net income fell to $67.1 million, or $1.00, from $92.9 million, or $1.32 a share, a year ago. Revenue fell 4 percent to $540.8 million. Analysts were expecting earnings of 99 cents a share on revenue of $529.5 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

In February 2008 a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University, killing five students and wounding 21. Soon after, state lawmakers tried to make sure colleges and universities were prepared to respond to such an emergency. They passed a law requiring them to create and practice detailed plans to prevent violence and manage emergencies by January 2009. Three years later, only 66 of the state's 185 institutions have filed the required plans, records show.